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There's a big public health push to stop pumping livestock with antibiotics. A new report looks at which fast food chains are being choosy about their meat.

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Sacramento County Sets Record For Agricultural Production

September 27, 2017 | Drew Sandsor

Sacramento County set a new record for overall agricultural output last year, helped by a dramatic increase in the price of wine grapes.

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California Farm Academy Offers Path For Immigrants And Second Career Farmers

September 26, 2017 | Julia Mitric

The average age of a U.S. farmer is nearly sixty. A training program based in Winters, California aims to open a path into farming for immigrants and "second career" farmers.

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Senator Toni Atkins On Affordable Housing

September 26, 2017 | Cody Drabble

Senator Toni Atkins has been trying for almost a decade to pass permanent funding for affordable housing in California, and in the last week of the legislative session she sent S.B. 2 to Governor Brown's desk.

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California Dairy Farmers Send Aid To Hurricane Victims

September 25, 2017 | Rich Ibarra

Seventy thousand pounds of dairy products have been delivered to food banks to help feed hurricane victims in Houston and Florida.

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Delta Tunnels Project In Jeopardy

September 21, 2017 | Chris Remington

In a key vote Tuesday, Gov. Brown’s Delta Tunnels project faces a funding hurdle now that could kill the project. Sacramento Bee reporter Ryan Sabalow explains.

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Preserving Farmland And Promoting Young Farmers

September 21, 2017 | Chris Remington

In Sacramento’s Farm to Fork Week, we hear perspectives on the fight to save America’s farmland and promote the next generation of growers.

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Local Hubs Distribute Food Aid Across Sacramento County

September 20, 2017 | Julia Mitric

Dozens of local food pantries will meet this week in Sacramento to swap strategies on how to tailor what they do to serve urban and rural communities coping with food insecurity.

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Kushman By the Bottle: Wineries And Farm To Fork

September 20, 2017 | Jen Picard

How do California wineries take part in California's farm to fork marketplace? Wine expert Rick Kushman returns to talk about that and the fall harvest.

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Capay Valley Farmers

September 19, 2017 | Cody Drabble

Author Elvira Di'Brigit shares her book "Why We Farm: Farmers' Stories Of Growing Food And Sustaining Their Business, Featuring Farmers Of the Capay Valley."

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